After handling the various rare treasures, Qin Heng turned his surplus attention to constructing bloodlines.
As he consolidated his realm, he separated out his own precious blood, greatly diluting the Eternal blood to use in creating living beings.
The first test subject contained roughly one hundred-millionth of his bloodline power.
It sounded like very little, but it was actually already an astonishing level.
With Qin Heng's current strength, even the energy in a single drop of blood was enough to destroy a star. If the power within it were used to nurture a living being, it would likely be Perfect Transcendent Mortal from the moment of birth.
Yet such a living being could not be considered perfect at all. On the contrary, it would be riddled with flaws.
A truly good bloodline allowed its descendants to begin as tender young sprouts, gradually pass through every stage of growth, and ultimately shed their mortal flesh to become extraordinary lifeforms.
If one was powerful from the outset and never knew weakness, one could not grasp the minute foundations of the myriad laws. Upon reaching great heights in the future and suddenly discovering that one's foundation was shallow, one would have to turn back in search of weakness—yet be unable to understand it. That would be exceedingly painful.
The growth of life had an inherent range suited to mortals.
Take Earthlings, for example. At birth, most were roughly the same: without strength, without language, everything in its Initial Form, requiring learning after birth. Once grown, most also remained within the same general range—the strength of their arms, their height, their running speed, all more or less alike.
Special training could raise someone above ordinary standards, while cultivation could allow one to transcend mortality. These were foundations buried within the bloodline.
If the genes